Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Edit Dec 28, 2020:
There will be no voting in the end of december. The whole month's topic has been extended 1 month. Official end of contributions and beginning of voting starts Jan 27, 2020!

One of my favorite topics is man-made vs. natural in juxtaposition.
Light/dark seems fitting for the time of the year. Here in Finland the days are getting really short.

So the theme is
Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural

Rules:

• Photos must be taken during this month and posted before voting starts.
• Photos must be taken by the posting member.
• Photos must be taken with your phone's camera.
• Post processing is allowed but you have to say what you did.
• Users must name the phone and software they used.
• There can be only one entry per user, but posting multiple pictures is OK. The user must specify which picture is the entry for the month.
• Users can change their entry only once.
• The three day voting period starts on December January 27th at 20:00 UTC and ends 00:00 UTC of February 1st (don't ask me to actually enforce timezone precision).
• The winner of the vote should choose next month's competition theme, and open a new thread.
• You are allowed to continue posting in this thread after the competition.

Enjoy!

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

I have told to my family about these competitions and also when I have won. Now when I said that I have to wrap up the votes for this month's competition and was a bit burdened of it (yeah, a big task) my 14 years old daughter asked how many competitors there are. When I said about ten her eyes went wide and she said: "Ten? Are you serious? I thought this was a real competition. How many people are there in this community?" "You mean active members? About ten to twenty." She sighed and said: "I thought you belonged to a real community."

But it is not about the amount but about the quality. So much to learn these kids. The social media with followers that only counts corrupts them. If you don't have followers in hundreds of thousands you are nothing. And yet even one person is enough to change the world, one follower. And million followers can be without any effect on real life.

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

I usually don´t post often, I'm a low profile on social media, I usually just dont have anything to say or I just don't feel the social media hype. But I like to come here everyday, or at least every week to read the posts, and I guess there are tons like me :p

+1

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

I thought, on re-reading, that some of my thoughts about this month's theme could be interpreted as restrictions, so I removed most of it again.

Nevertheless, here's an example of what my theme might be about (taken on 30th Nov, not my entry for this month):
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo...130_173446.jpg



Nothing against your daughter, but yeah, kids.
Reminds me of 1st graders that just learned to count - and think they understand what makes the world go round - which means they're able to point at the most expensive article in any shop window or advertisment leaflet, and say: "I want this one. it's the best!"

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Ho-hum. Not much activity here.

I found a sort of art installation today while taking a walk.
It's a non-populated area, but with lots of people taking a walk/run etc.

Of course it was dark, so the topic applies, but these are videos:
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo...224_163216.mp4
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo...224_163616.mp4
The timestamp says half past four, that's pitch dark around here at this time of year...

The first one is really dark but you can see some context when you put it in full screen with a dark background. But the sound is relevant.
The second one shows more surroundings, after I played with my camera's ISO settings.

So yes, these pipes are talking. they are part of a district heating system that is ubiquitous in the area I live in.
The sticker on it suggests it's somehow part of an awareness propaganda campaign for district heating (I've seen similar ads at bus stops etc.).

Anyhow, merry Christmas everyone!

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Nothing to do with your topic at all!
December is the absolute low month on TMO.

I am sure some entries will follow.
Poke Poke.

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Power to the people :D
Taken with Pro¹ Advanced Camera, Cropped and straightened in Darktable.
https://mosushi.de/misc/photocomp/IM...225_161930.jpg

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Xperia 10 Plus

https://i1.lensdump.com/i/0ngPdT.jpg

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Sorry I've been a little quiet and haven't finished my homework yet. Home router had digital covid on Xmas Eve Eve, ran a fever and wouldn't work for a day.

Couldn't get a new one on the 24th, Micro Center was closed unexpectedly. Someone couldn't wait and busted in the place early Xmas morn and got in a gunfight with the cops! Not sure when I'll get back there for the router, but currently "Chief" is up and running again . . . for now.

This OT brought to you by the letter "X". Not that one, the other one.

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Is there a pattern?
I am sitting here with DSL cut off and Telekom claiming they cant fix it until next year...
Especially hard when looking at the still unemployed Fiberend behind my couch :D
Luckily i got hybrid LTE left for data but telefonie seems to be routed through DSL sololy in that wacky Speedport router i am forced to use.
#WelcomeToGermany

BTW, Merry Christmas to all who care!

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Before it is too late...

https://matland.be/transfer/IMG_20201227_185646.jpg

Some man made light on it's long journey back to nature. Shot on F(x)tec Pro1 with whatever camera app Lineage 17.1 comes with, no edits.

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

In the past we did extend over two month when only few entries happened. Quite often during 2018 even.
I would propose to do so this time since i really like the Contrast topic and would love to see your ideas!

If you agree, just do not vote now but post your entry until 28th of January?
Would that be cool with you @nonsuch?

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Hope it's not to late...
This is straight into the projector of my projection clock.
Xperia X, Sailfish stock photo app, no edit.


https://svenskasprakfiler.se/show/Co...t_and_dark.jpg

Re: Phone Camera Competition December 2020: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Let's do that. Especially since I still want to get 1 or 2 entries in myself!
;)
So, loud and clear:
There will be no voting in the end of december. The whole month's topic has been extended 1 month. Official end of contributions and beginning of voting starts Jan 27, 2020!
I will edit the 1st post accordingly.

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

My camera (Xperia XA2, SailfishOS, Advanced Camera) performs poorly under poor lighting conditions. Can this be tweaked? App settings maybe?
Nevertheless there are some motives I want to contribute, but I scaled them down pretty much because what's the point looking at digital grain in hi-res.

First, not a contribution but a question:
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo/12/24_154958.jpg
A house under construction. Pretty tall, almost 3 stories. Does this look like it's made from wood completely, even structural support (except the basement)? Because it does to me, and that's pretty amazing. I've actually seen a few newly built multistory houses that look like they're not only built with, but also carried by wood, completely. What do you think?

Potential contribution 1:
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo/12/28_145433.jpg
Strangely facinating, to me. Trees vertical, house horizontal, squares of light. Just a random encounter, walking through one of those narrow strips of forest between residential areas.

Potential contribution 2:
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo/12/28_152921.jpg
This should be familiar to many, but I've never seen it live, and never from the backside, and never in disco lights (or wait, no, that's probably supposed to be christmasy).
Espoo Museum of Modern Art in the background.

All pictures: Xperia XA2, Advanced Camera, lightly cropped & resized in GIMP.

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

I've missed some of the months.. and some of them I would like to miss this year =)

BTW Happy holidays, and wish that we'll get a better year in 2021

Here is one I would like to post as an entry.. but it wasn't shot on a phone

https://i.postimg.cc/5Hqs650z/L1000058.jpg

And here is my entry:
"Tired of this year"

https://i.postimg.cc/6T6m4PCp/20201208-182327.jpg

Shot on Z Fold 2, Stock Camera, Unedited.

P.S. I hate camera on this phone(?), but this picture is surprisingly good.

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

If late, then late...

Anyway, not so good picture technically, but some warm in it? So little contrast on topic? ;)

N9 stock, crop by gimp:

https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...1&d=1609186689

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Have You heard about CLT (= Cross Laminated Timber)? My friend owns part of company which make those elements... -> https://hoisko.fi/kokemuksia-hoisko-clt/referenssit/

edit: better link...

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

I've been seeing quite a lot of construction lately of rather tall wood framed buildings here built with engineered lumber. Four and five story apartment complexes, sometimes sitting on top of a one or two story reinforced concrete parking garage. (Or if you're one tier of states north, a parking ramp.) The overall effect is actually kinda medieval or renaissance when viewed under construction.

(We went and built a skyscraper seven stories high . . . that's about as high as a building oughta go . . . And don't get me started on our burlesque shows . . . Among other kinds of nerd I am, a musical nerd I am, too.)

Also hopefully some nice pics of a local over-the-top Xmas light display . . . soon (TM).

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

My entry. I almost forgot about the photo competition, net being on TMO much this month. It is rubbish but it will have to do.

Taken on Christmas Eve with an Xperia X running Sailfish, no editing.

Attachment 41360

(It may look dodgy in my post, but should appear fine in the summary for voting.)

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Ah, thanks, yes, that answers that question. I think I even recognize the material in my photo above.
Great, I love this.
To clarify, in Finland you can see many fully (excluding the basement) wooden houses, but rarely more than 1 storey (+attic) high.
For multiple stories, I've seen very open concrete structures that are filled with wood, and that's not bad either, and probably much cheaper. But all wood, even the floors - must feel different to live in one.
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Nice photos are coming in, I think it was a good decision to extend the deadline!

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

massively offtopic, but;
The new head office of Supercell in Helsinki/Jätkäsaari is fairly imperssive all-wooden construction, https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11631734

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^ that is impressive.

My Xperia XA2 does not make good pictures in poor light conditions.
I wish I could tell it how long to keep the shutter open, but apparently that is not an option.
Anyhow, this one came out OK after some post-processing in GIMP.
My neighborhood power plant in the evening.
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo/powerplant.jpg
It's quite impressive actually, they light it up at night.

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Just to have some entry.

Taken with Honor 9 lite which I hate but am stuck with at the moment.

Default cam. Cropped about 1/4 to get the beam which I just noticed to go from corner to corner. Darkened just a bit to make the beam more clear.

Location: Kaivopuisto Harbour area, Finland.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/fp2dj8ae5m...21341.jpg?dl=0

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

JJ Abrams approves of that lens flare!

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

I like the scene but not thinking it to be a good image for competition. Maybe I will take a better one.

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Just a quick reminder: you have 7 more days to post your awesome pictures before voting starts!

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Another view out of my window:

Pro1 just cropped a little bit with darktable:
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...1&d=1611170887

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

I like it!

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

My N900 is in good conditions. Battery lasts 6-8 hours. Picture was taken this morning before work. had some time to relax in the garden area. blessn900.

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A empty shopping district (Zuiderpassage) in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, on a winter night during a lockdown:
https://i.imgur.com/fvKk8Bh.jpeg

Taken with vanilla camera app on N900.

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Another view of my neighborhood power plant, this time in glorious sunlight:
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo...116_143238.jpg
This isn't my entry, just sharing.

And a reminder: Voting starts tomorrow! (hope I won't forget it)

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

Sorry I'm late!
Here are the entries for the prolonged Dec2020/Jan2021 Camera Competition:

1. mosen
Power to the people
Taken with Pro¹ Advanced Camera, Cropped and straightened in Darktable.
https://mosushi.de/misc/photocomp/IM...225_161930.jpg

2. Pentona
Xperia 10 Plus
https://i1.lensdump.com/i/0ngPdT.jpg

3. netman
Some man made light on it's long journey back to nature. Shot on F(x)tec Pro1 with whatever camera app Lineage 17.1 comes with, no edits.
https://matland.be/transfer/IMG_20201227_185646.jpg

4. eson
This is straight into the projector of my projection clock.
Xperia X, Sailfish stock photo app, no edit.
https://svenskasprakfiler.se/show/Co...t_and_dark.jpg

5. nonsuch
Last minute change. It barely fits into the topic - much more man-made than natural, much more light than dark - but it has good contrast and it's simply the best picture I took in the past 2 months.
Xperia XA2, Advanced Camera, no editing.
https://dt.iki.fi/stuff/forums/maemo...116_143238.jpg

6. DDark
"Tired of this year"
Shot on Z Fold 2, Stock Camera, Unedited.
https://i.postimg.cc/6T6m4PCp/20201208-182327.jpg

7. catbus
Anyway, not so good picture technically, but some warm in it? So little contrast on topic?
N9 stock, crop by gimp:
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...1&d=1609186689

8. pichlo
Taken on Christmas Eve with an Xperia X running Sailfish, no editing.
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...0&d=1609233618

9. Fellfrosch
Another view out of my window:
Pro1 just cropped a little bit with darktable:
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...1&d=1611170887

10. Maemish
https://uc2c1f8700c44738fef51d628ac9...00&size_mode=3

11. Sperle
My N900 is in good conditions. Battery lasts 6-8 hours. Picture was taken this morning before work. had some time to relax in the garden area. blessn900.
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...1&d=1611227547

12. Wasmachinemann-NL
A empty shopping district (Zuiderpassage) in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, on a winter night during a lockdown:
Taken with vanilla camera app on N900.
https://i.imgur.com/fvKk8Bh.jpeg

12 entries, nice!
Let the voting commence, and I guess I should extend the deadline by 24h too, since I was 24h late compiling this.
So until Monday evening, East European time (I won't wait til midnight).

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

My vote goes to 1. mosen!

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

+1

even I was struggling between mosen and maemish

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

1. mosen. Like it.

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

1. Place - #10 Maemish
2. Place - #1 mosen
3. Place - Shared by #6DDark and #12Wasmachinemann-NL

I love Ice and Snow, so the choice was easy this time. Especially because corona doesn't let me travel to the North... :o

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

#9 Fellfrosch, hands down the most eyecatching image to me

really like pichlos entry too though, vacuum tubes get me excited and not only does it show mans mastery over nature this one in particular looks like the house of bees :)

Re: Phone Camera Competition Dec 2020, extended until Jan 2021: "Contrast: Light and dark, man-made and natural"
 

I vote #1 mosen

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I vote 12. Wasmachinemann-NL since it fits my mood and is nicely symetric.